DALLAS (AP) – Law enforcement experts say a small Texas police department’s extended silence about an officer fatally shooting a 28-year-old man runs contrary to best practices and creates fertile ground for public mistrust. Temple police officer Carmen DeCruz shot Michael Dean in the head on Dec. 2. More than two weeks later, the public…… MORE
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Las Vegas authorities say six people are dead and 13 are injured following a fire Saturday morning in a three-story downtown apartment complex. The fire department earlier said that five of the injured were in critical condition and that some residents were hanging out of windows as firefighters arrived. The department…… MORE
Washington (WBAP/KLIF) – The U.S. government is ramping up its efforts to seize the private land it needs to build a border wall in south Texas. The Justice Department has filed three lawsuits so far this month against landowners in the Rio Grande Valley, targeting border towns and farms at Texas’ southernmost point. Many more…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump is celebrating the launch of Space Force, the first new military service in more than 70 years. It is authorized in the 2020 national defense bill Trump signed into law Friday. Trump says: “American superiority in space is absolutely vital. And we’re leading, but we’re not leading by enough,…… MORE
HOUSTON (AP) – U.S. border officers who were charged with turning away asylum seekers coming from Mexico accused their leadership of misleading the public and disregarding concerns for their own safety, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. A March 2019 letter sent to the head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection demanded that…… MORE